LAND COST = $750 (HOTELS, LAND TRANSPORT, ENTRIES/ACTIVITIES, SOME MEALS)

Fri 4/8/11  Depart LAX for Denpasar (DPS), Bali around 1 AM (Thursday night)

China Airlines is probably the best choice

Sat 4/9     Arrive Denpasar, Bali at 2:20 pm - transport to Ubud, the cultural center of Bali

Check in to Hotel Tegal Sari in Ubud for 3 nights

Option to get a massage in the late afternoon (about $10/hour)

Sun 4/10  Monkey Forest Sanctuary (long-tailed macaques)

                Tegalalang for fabulous views of the rice terraces

                Elephant Safari Park – entrance included to see elephants feeding, bathing, performing

Optional elephant ride costs an additional $40

                Afternoon is free time for resting, relaxing at the hotel pool, wandering the markets and shops of Ubud, eating, massage

                Evening – Balinese dance performance

Mon 4/11                Optional sunrise hike up Batur Volcano (1-2 hours uphill)

Transport must leave Ubud around 3 AM for 1-hour drive to trail      

                Option to do afternoon whitewater rafting ( 5 miles on river, grade 3 rapids) (about $40)

                Otherwise, afternoon is free for relaxing, massage, shopping

Optional - Balinese dance performance

Tue 4/12  Early departure to the mountain lakes (about 1-1 ½ hours away)

Lake Bratan with photogenic lakeside temple (Pura Ulun Danu Bratan)

Lake Tamblingan boat ride and (optional) hike – rainforest, temples, lakes in volcanic caldera

                Restaurant Ngiring Ngewedang for the great panoramic views

Waterfalls at Munduk

On to north coast beach town of Lovina

Aditya Beach Resort in Lovina for 2 nights, on black sand beach

Wed 4/13 Boat trip at sunrise to see dolphins

Day trip along north coast to small fishing village of Pemuteran

Excellent snorkeling opportunity off Pemuteran or Pulau Menjangan

Night #2 at Aditya Beach Resort

Thu 4/14 Optional activities at Lake Bratan or nearby Bedugul

Parasailing ($15-20 for a ride) or canopy walk with zip-lining ($21)

Up to Wongayagede in the highlands amidst the terraced rice paddies

One night at Prana Dewi Lodge, in an extremely scenic location

Fri 4/15   Morning walk amidst the rice paddies near Wongayagede in Jatiluweh

                Goa Lawah temple with bat cave

                Candi Dasa – relaxed town on the coast, good snorkeling

                2 nights in Candi Dasa

Sat 4/16   Morning drive to Tirtagangga “ Water Palace” (opens at 7 am) – can swim there

                Pasir Putih – white sand beach

Tenganan – best preserved of the Bali Aga (“original Balinese”) villages

Sun 4/17  Depart hotel around 9 or 10 am for 1 hour drive to Denpasar

                Last minute shopping